Kingwood Mustangs Soccer

Kingwood High School
2701 Kingwood Drive
Kingwood, Texas 77339

Mustang Soccer Coaches

Head Coach Kevin Johnson

Kevin Johnson

Head Men's Coach

Coach Johnson is a native of New York State, where he played soccer at Genesee Community College from 1973-1975. In 1978 he received a bachelors degree in Physical Education from the State University of New York at Brockport. This year he begins his 32nd year of coaching high school soccer and his 22nd year at Kingwood High School.

His 527 career victories as a boy's coach rank him 2nd all-time in the State of Texas, and 32nd all-time in the nation. His overall boys coaching record stands at 527-127-72 with an overall record of 620-13-72. He is the only coach in Texas to take both a boys and a girls team to the state tournament final four. In 1995 he guided the Lady Mustangs to the State Championship with a record of 29-0. He has also guided the boys to three State Runner-up titles, 1999, 2001, and 2005.

In 2011 he was named National Coach of the Year by the NFHS. He is also a two time finalist for NSCAA National Coach of the Year.

Coach Johnson is a former President of the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches. He currently is the Southwest Regional Chairman for the National Soccer Coaches Association's National Coach of the Year Committee. He hold a U.S. Soccer National C coaching Licence and an Advanced National Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, as well as a National Youth Licence from U.S. Soccer and a National Youth Diploma from the NSCAA.

Coach Johnson has also been a regular clinician at the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches state clinic held each fall.

In November of 2011 he was inducted into the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches Hall of Honor, as part of its inaugural class.

In addition to coaching at Kingwood, Coach Johnson also coached the women's club soccer team at Rice University from 1994-1997.

Coach Harrison

Dirk Bunck

Assistant Varsity Coach and JV Head Coach

Coach Bunck originally heralds from the Flanders, Belgium where he played for approxoimately 10 years at 2 clubs affiliated with the Koninklijke Belgische Voetbal Bond. He likes to think his "old world" ties gave him the real zeal for the sport of soccer.

Coach Bunck joined the Mustang soccer staff in 2008, after having taught in Sheldon ISD and coaching in the Crosby ISD. He teaches freshmen World Geography and coaches the Boy's Junior Varsity soccer team. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland overseas. He is proud of being a world traveler and having visited places like Romania, the Netherlands, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Dean Herbst

Assistant Varsity Coach and Freshman Head Coach

Coach Herbst returns to Kingwood High School after spending the last three years as the head girls coach at Kingwood Park High School where he guided the Lady Panthers to two district championships and three playoff appearances. Dean received his Masters of Education from Sam Houston State University in 2002 and is a 1991 graduate of Midwestern State University where he was a member of the rugby team and threw javelin on the track and field team. He is a former player and captain of the Plano East Senior High School soccer team and several Dallas Classic League clubs.

Coach Herbst served as the head women's coach at Kingwood High School from 2005 -2007. During his tenure at Kingwood, he guided the Lady Mustangs to three regional tournament appearances. Prior to moving to the Kingwood area, he was the head women's and men's coach and served as the soccer coordinator at Allen High School where he led the women's team to a regional tournament appearance in 1996. That year, he was named the Region I Women's Coach of the Year and was a nominee for Texas High School Women's Soccer Coach of the Year. Dean is active in the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Coach Herbst holds coaching licenses from the NSCAA, USSF, and The English Football Association. In 1996, he attended the Futbol Today International Futbol clinic at which he completed the IFA (Irish Football Association) "C" certificate course.